Comments on: These Are Our Allies

By: As Gods: Spreading American Values Across The World » Comments from Left Field

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:22:55 +0000

[...] As I read about Ms. Jones’ story, I was forced to recall another story that occurred in Saudi Arabia. There a Shia woman of only nineteen years of age was gang raped by six armed men, but because she an…. [...]

By: Oakland

Oakland — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:01:39 +0000

Yep, Bush’s buds! Saudis blew up WTC and now beating women rape victim with a whip. Sounds like a Bush wet dream.

By: Kyle E. Moore

Kyle E. Moore — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:24:21 +0000

Thanks for all the linkage, Bill (and sorry your comment didn’t post right away; lots of links gets posts caught up in the spam filters, or at least the moderation filters).

As for Karen, do I blame bush for the girl’s treatment? No. Do I blame him for an alliance with a government that openly treats its people as such, you sure bet your ass I do, especially the Bushies who are particularly close to the Saudis. What I offer is a simple proposition. Either we start demanding a standard of behavior out of our allies, or we stop using failures to meet such standards as a justification to go to war or to make enemies of other nations.

By: Bill in Chicago

Bill in Chicago — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:09:02 +0000

That’s just par for the course for the Saudis. Consider this excerpt from a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom:

“In one case, the Commission was told of a foreign domestic worker who had become pregnant after being raped by her employer. She was subsequently imprisoned because it is illegal for female foreign workers to become pregnant in Saudi Arabia if they are not married.”

http://www.uscirf.gov/countries/region/middleast/saudi/saudiReport.pdf

And if the ruling of this judge amazes you, guess where he looks to for controlling legal precedent:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7645118/

Saudi society is saturated with this crap. It’s truly endemic:

http://www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:05:53 +0000

Is it horrible? Most Definately! But for the love…where does our President come in to play? Like he’s personally liable? And you want him to kick a political “ally” out for this? How many allies do you think the US would have if a country looked at the SICK killings of children by mothers who are found incompetent or NOT guilty as well as all of the heinous crimes that occur in our own country and go unpunished. And OH! I guess President Bush is responsible for that too! Quit blaming a President…we as a society need to take responsiblity for our own failings or LACK of action and quit pointing fingers at a single man. What can YOU do? Then do it–if everyone would take action instead of running their mouths and pointing to a President we’d solve a whole lot. And as for that country, it’s unfortunate, but we need to fix our own first before we outcry at another. What are YOU doing responsible guilt-ridden citizen? Talking talk or Walking a walk that will evoke change?